UNC Health Care raises its minimum wage to $10 an hour
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - On Friday, Sept. 16, UNC Health Care's board of directors announced that the salaries of the system's lowest-paid workers will be raised to a minimum of $10 an hour or $20,800 a year.
Sept. 19, 2005
UNC Health Care raises its minimum wage to $10 an hour
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - On Friday, Sept. 16, UNC Health Care's board of directors announced that the salaries of the system's lowest-paid workers will be raised to a minimum of $10 an hour or $20,800 a year.
This change will go into effect during the payroll period beginning Oct. 9 and will show up in paychecks issued Nov. 2. It was made in response to a directive from UNC Health Care CEO Dr. William L. Roper, in accordance with a similar directive from Dr. James Moeser, chancellor of the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, to adjust the salaries of the lowest-paid workers in the university and UNC Health Care to that level.
All employees with permanent appointments, including time-limited permanent appointments, are eligible for the new minimum wage of $10 an hour with the following exceptions:
* Employees with any type of active Final Written Warning are not eligible for an adjustment.
* If the Final Written Warning is either removed or expires, the employee may be considered for wage adjustment on a current basis.
* Employees in a bona fide Training Progression Program will receive adjustments according to the existing program plan, but must be at $10 an hour at the completion of the program.
* Temporary employees are excluded from the adjustments.
Media contact: Stephanie Crayton, (919) 966-2860 or scrayton@unch.unc.edu
ABOUT UNC HEALTH CARE:
The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit integrated health care system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. UNC Health Care is comprised of UNC Hospitals, ranked consistently among the best medical centers in the country; the UNC School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution; community practices; home health and hospice services in seven central North Carolina counties; and Rex Healthcare and its provider network in Wake County.
